Martin Madan (MP)

Colonel Martin Madan (1700-1756) was groom of the bedchamber to Frederick, Prince of Wales, and MP for Wootton Basset from 1742 to 1747. Madan also served as a colonel in the Dragoon Guards.

Family

Martin Madan was married to Judith Madan (née Cowper) the English poet who called him Lysander in a poem entitled "To Lysander" composed on October 3 1726, one year after the birth of their son.

Their sons included Rev. Martin Madan, author of Thelyphthora, a defence of polygamy, and the Right Rev. Spencer Madan, bishop successively of Bristol and Peterborough. Their elder daughter, Maria Frances Cecilia, married William Cowper of Hertingfordbury, her first cousin; the younger daughter Penelope (died 22 December 1805), became the wife of General Sir Alexander Maitland (1728–1820). Madan was the grandfather of General Frederick Maitland.

Madan died at Bath 4 March 1756.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by John Harvey-Thursby and Robert Neale	Member of Parliament for Wootton Basset with Robert Neale (1742-1747) 1742–1747	Succeeded by John Probyn and Thomas Estcourt Cresswell

References

• William Prideaux Courtney (1910), Dodsley's Collection of Poetry

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